Trotsky — noun Russian revolutionary and Communist theorist who helped Lenin and built up the army; he was ousted from the Communist Party by Stalin and eventually assassinated in Mexico (1879 1940) • Syn: ↑Leon Trotsky, ↑Lev Davidovich Bronstein •… … Useful english dictionary

Trotsky — Trot|sky, Le|on (1879 1940) a Russian political leader, born in the Ukraine, who had an important part in the Russian Revolution of 1917. He was also a writer on Communism and he believed in ↑revolution by workers all over the world. He lost… … Dictionary of contemporary English

TROTSKY (Bronstein), LEV DAVIDOVICH — (Leon; 1879–1940), Russian revolutionary, Soviet and Communist leader. Trotsky was the son of a Jewish farmer of Ivanovka, Ukraine. He studied mathematics at Odessa University, but gave up his studies to devote himself to revolutionary activities … Encyclopedia of Judaism